Vision and Goal-Directed Movement

Normal functioning in everyday life requires humans to interact with moving and static objects within a visually dynamic environment.

Motor Control and Learning 5th Edition eBook

One of the most frequently used and advocated off-task methods to promote learning is mental practice, in which the performance of a task is mentally rehearsed, but is this as effective as physical practice?

Motor Learning and Development

Motivation influences activity initiation and persistence.

Motor Learning and Development

Researchers and practitioners, as well as social critics, have addressed why the timely and appropriate acquisition of fundamental movement skills is crucial to the development of young children.

Motor Control in Everyday Actions

What are generalized motor programs, and what do keystroke dynamics reveal about them?

Motor Control in Everyday Actions

Why is the learning�performance distinction important?

Perceptual-Motor Activities for Children eBook With Web Resource

Jump over the noodles, taking off and landing with both feet. Each time you jump, say a letter of the alphabet starting at the beginning. Continue in alphabetical order and see how many times you can say the whole alphabet in three minutes.

Perceptual-Motor Activities for Children eBook With Web Resource

Using jump ropes or tape on the floor, create a series of lines in a pattern similar to that of spokes on a wheel (see diagram). Place active learning cards (in any order) in each space between the lines.

Motor Learning and Performance 5th Edition With Web Study Guide

In many, if not most, real-world settings, the learner�s goal is to acquire more than a single skill or task in a limited practice period, sometimes even in a single practice period.

Life Span Motor Development 6th Edition With Web Study Guide

Several manipulative skills are basic to sport performance. In these skills, a performer must gain possession or control of an object by reaching to intercept a moving object or stopping it with an implement.